Harvard University, MS Lat 441.4

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10409

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 441.4

Title:

Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes

Date:

circa 1240.

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 8 leaves, unbound (.04 linear feet) : vellum ; 16 x 11 cm

Note:

Written in two columns of 43 lines, in brown ink in a small "pearl script" gothic bookhand measuring 2mm or less in height, with initials and headings in red and blue ink; three floriated, 6-line initials in red, blue, white, orange, brown, and pink; two of these have grotesque animals, with one entwined outside the initial with the body residing in the margins. Probably written at Paris...
Possibly forms a part of a whole that would include MS Lat 441, 441.1, 441.2, 441.3 and 441.4, Houghon Library.
In a protective case.
Purchased with the Louis J. Appell Jr. Fund for British Civilization in HCL, 2016.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Bible. Song of Solomon

Bible. Ecclesiastes

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990146138850203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:437556771

Holding Institution:

Harvard University